The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭, an octave above the te
Comparison in size of a curved B♭ soprano saxophone (center), an E♭ alto saxophone (left), and a B♭ tenor saxophone (right)
Top to bottom: E♭ sopranino saxophones, curved and straight; soprano saxophones, in C and B♭
B♭ soprano saxophone (left), C soprano saxophone (center), E♭ sopranino saxophone (right)
The sopranino saxophone is the second-smallest member of the saxophone family. It is tuned in the key of E♭, and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone. A sopranino in F was also described in
Anthony Braxton playing a straight sopranino, 2007